Hon. Kitnan Selvaraj, M.P.
Profession: Politician
Speeches 24 #156 of 225·#94 in party
Attendance 8/8 days present (of recorded)
Top topic Ethnic Reconciliation & Devolution 7 speeches
Last spoke 21 May 2026 in Adjournment
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Speech history
24 speeches- 9 April 2025 AI summary Hon. Kitnan Selvaraj supported the Bill, describing VAT reform and effective tax collection as necessary for economic stability, national production, and the welfare of workers, farmers, consumers, and traders. He argued that previous tax systems allowed politically connected persons to evade obligations while ordinary citizens bore the burden, and linked the reform agenda to broader accountability measures and the Government’s response to international economic pressures, including U.S. tariff policy. He also criticised some Tamil representatives for rhetoric rather than development proposals, referred to Pillayan’s arrest and past disappearances in the East, and urged Eastern Province MPs to bring substantive plans for post-war rebuilding and regional development. Debate: Value Added Tax (Amendment) Bill - Second Reading (Afternoon Session and Reported Business) Corruption & Governance ReformEthnic Reconciliation & DevolutionPublic Finance Read →
- 19 March 2025 AI summary The Hon. Kitnan Selvaraj assumed the Chair as Presiding Member during the sitting. Committee of Supply: Appropriation Bill 2025 - Head 116 and Related Heads (Trade, Commerce, Food Security) Parliamentary Procedure Read →
- 7 February 2025 AI summary Kitnan Selvaraj supported Hesha Withanage’s Private Member’s Motion on hill-country estate roads while criticizing the UNP’s 1992 privatization of plantations and the absence of binding development plans for estate infrastructure. He said estate-connecting and internal roads remain neglected despite the national road network’s classifications, and argued that past governments and allied hill-country Tamil political figures had failed the community. He stated that the NPP Government is studying hill-country issues and is committed to improving education, housing and transport. Private Members' Motion 1: Acquisition of Estate Roads to the Government Ethnic Reconciliation & DevolutionInfrastructureLand & Housing Read →
- 5 December 2024 AI summary Hon. Kitnan Selvaraj thanked voters in Badulla District for electing NPP representatives and said the up-country Tamil community, historically deprived of citizenship, land, housing, and labour rights, had strongly supported the NPP. He rejected demands for a separate North–East state, stating that the NPP supports national unity while addressing the welfare and livelihoods of all communities. He called for land and home ownership for estate workers, reform of the daily-wage system, and restructuring of the plantation sector, citing closed tea factories, the 1992 estate leases, and the long history of line-room housing and labour struggles. Debate on Vote on Account for 2025 (continued) Ethnic Reconciliation & DevolutionLand & HousingJustice & Human Rights Read →